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Excellence vs. Perfection _____________________________ Perfection is being right. Excellence is being willing to be wrong. _____________________________ Perfection is fear. Excellence is taking a risk _____________________________ Perfection is anger and frustration.… Read more.

25th Feb 2010 in my family bonesare many mansionsa reek of vowsmy mind is a would be keeperset adrift in a wonky boatI see this Edenic dark thisclose chill on… Read more.

Made a new friend from Egypt in Ankara last night. Some good photography and blogging on the political situation(s) in Ankara. Check it: Photography Boraie’s Blog Read more.

my turkish towelsmells likepopcorn I have a positive thinking rash in my familybonesthere are many mansions (these are today’s fragments) Read more.

23rd Feb 2010 a trade route of broken icons clipped sunlight with swollen lymph nodes did you have a good time? the blood the weight the rubbled what did I… Read more.

13 Feb 2010 I doffI doffeveryday I haven’t hadenoughof yousee what you wanna seenine times outta teni wanna a better place to fall Read more.

9 Feb 2010 lovin what might kick the buckets slaves for these spaceships cream on your moneyi came to shake the frames Read more.

8 Feb 2010 my head is a melonit’s alrightinvisible rivershidden mosquitoeslightning sourcetake me awaywhat a glorious day Read more.

11 Feb 2010 lightning lightningthe heavy word is frightening I am talking to you dirty sweet you’re my girldirty sweet you’re my girldirty sweet you’re my girl get it on Read more.

12 Feb 2010 Let it ramblelet it ramblefree wineat the painted boats cartoonbeat with custumeclothes borgeoiusblues would makethat sound ahhh uhhhhhchoose your mirroryou got what you asked forthere is a… Read more.

My grandfather died this morning. When I was young boy his job was picking up milk from the farms around Northern Ireland. he took me with him. I decided I… Read more.

cultural relativism does not apply: girl buried alive in Turkey Read more.

7 Feb 2010 I’m not a rugged individualistI’m not a tarnished love matI’m not a tender refugeeI’m not a celibate cuddlerI’m not a Utopian experimentI’m not a monarch with a… Read more.

6 Feb 2010 i’m lookin for a new California California state of mind mind my gaps my roguemy rogue is not a pretty facenot a pretty face in CaliforniaCalifornia is… Read more.

new issue of Streetcake. Some good stuff. Goldfish and staring into empty windows and so on . . . check it: Streetcake Read more.

3rd Feb 2010 someonespoke to me in the malignancyof an old reposein the oh godanother puddingof the mindanother bombin the new uni-versity of this gloablizedworld i turned in bedto repel… Read more.

Next Friday, 21:15 on Radio 3Turkish Literature – Orhan PamukIan McMillan presents a special edition focusing on Turkish literature. With Orhan Pamuk. The Verb Read more.

The new issue of Drunken Boat, the wonderful journal of art and poetics, just went online, and features three of Brian Howe’s sound pieces, which in turn feature the voices… Read more.

27th Jan 2010 this is a manner of slippingoysters into my pocketsthis whole wide worldmy fellas will not leave me alone significance is cheap butter on someone else’s toast buttocks… Read more.

short quick video from taxi on the way to hospital for three set of rabies shots :-) Read more.

some of my poems from Spanish Fork and Ankara in the new OCHO. OCHO #29 is now available online: OCHO 29 Also in print directly from CreateSpace: OCHO 29 print… Read more.

A JOURNAL OF POEMFILMS RABBIT LIGHT MOVIES Read more.

Mighty fine poetry: Jeff Hilson’s The Assarts Read more.

One of very very very favourite lit journals of all time!!! New issue is out: Onedit Read more.

18 Jan 2010 i’ve got bonedog skin Read more.

Jim Andrew’s Digital poetics Read more.

Elephant & Obelisk 5 Read more.

i was attacked by a wild pack of dogs today . . . on campus . . . 10 of them . . . visited a few hospitals to find… Read more.

18 Jan 2010 a wild packof family dogscame runningthrough the treesat me a pack, a pack a hun-gry packdoth froth and howl tonight i’ve taken off i’ve takenoff my trousers… Read more.

17 Jan 2010 I’ve been clownedby the transcendental trickstermy hand isreachingforwardto touchhis featheredwing i closemy bedsidetablemyminiature satellitemy nomadicblanket the happinessgame is a fore-play fondlinga chirping frogsnapped in the mythiclips aflamein… Read more.

15 Jan 2010 in the valley of the fairy chimneysin Goreme I have yet to seeI’m tunneling out of the old bogsinto an arid sky hollowed out by ancient peoplea… Read more.

14 Jan 2010 what is raki withoutrhyme what is the Ouzoeffect what is lion’smilk what arebluejays withoutHermes and tele-phones and and bulls and bluebrains and fools andbelated classics nibblingat the… Read more.

Lunch yesterday: Ayran sour yogurt with Kansik Pide and Ali Nazik Kebap breakfast today: karamel & cevizli Helva, Turkish coffee, sour yogurt, white cheese, fresh baked bread . . .… Read more.

First issue of new international poetry magazine Cleaves is now available to view online. Exciting project. I edited the DENMARK and POLAND section. check it: CLEAVES Read more.

12 Jan 2010 Cybele Cybelecentre of the Anatolian pantheon ritually castrated a hidden noise is woven into this Turkish rain drumming dancing and drinkingupon the long sleeves of a priest… Read more.

Elephant & Obelisk 2 Read more.

Lungful magazine Read more.

It is 03.28 on the second day and my fridge is full of Pınar Doğal Yoğurt. There is a haze of lights outside my window. We were at REAL shopping… Read more.

If you didn’t know already . . . check it: Poets and Artists magazine Read more.

Istanbul Literary Review Read more.

Chicago to Istanbul (8 Jan 2010) You write if as if something is happening to you. I am happening. This is a happening. Happy haze grazes these sentences. Do not… Read more.

My Bilkent University faculty flat . . . . . swanky!!!! Read more.

) the gospel shakes toughest place meanest dang caper imagination mothers i must admit thisspit was hot we must gather round gatherround the fireside please please we needmore rattlesnakes more… Read more.

The internet is shit Read more.

Partying with my college students in Poland :-) Read more.

ohpioneersthe curtainsare paintedwith min-ature spudsbusy beesbusy beesa hive near footprintsfrom a husbandchasinghis wivesCowboysversusIndiansnephitesversuslamanitesin the bookof Abrahamkolob is neargod’sthronenear thesun thisis the placesaidBrighamYoung Read more.

this vulgar tissueis sappedsappeditchyand dumbi’ve acquiredthe mundanein this snowyweather Read more.

put the cele-brator on your yang and we’ll click the i-phonethis is areckon-ingam scantscin·til·lat·edmy valuablefriend allthingsexpirethe piper is down Read more.

we are a lovelyfinish we are80 percentaficionados this is notcurry in a hurrythis is not40 hitswith DJ Scotty Byou are ahot lickof berrya tigerwith a tonguecherry noteswithout a hint of… Read more.

30th Dec 2009 a cowboy dazzled me with his belt buckle as I blew his snowin the television glowi’vesquanderednothingand get on downwith the yearsyou arevery largevery largeand full of airI’m… Read more.

Taxi to Victoria Station (Dec 20th 2009) I missher picture beware of your broken bits I know thisface my fingers losttouch with turtlesin the half moon——————————–Chicago to SLC (Dec 20th… Read more.

Uinta national forest Read more.

lotsa mountains and snow out here :-) Read more.

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You’re Doing Really Well Read more.

dublin airport . . . 1 euro for 8 min on internet . . . about 17 more hours of traveling . . . . fresh dublin airport guinness .… Read more.

Michael Zand’s new project: LEXICO Read more.

There is Time my m- id- l- ife t- urn- ing yr kn- ee c- aps br- ought me up a k- iss f- or yr c- aged r- ibs,… Read more.

Homophonics my frugal heart is on urkneecaps I’m ur sweet hussy with twitching brows & fingerbones ur throat captainAHOY! this yeast infectionirrigates ur thighs beguiling uwith loose eyes ——————————————–Are you… Read more.

Gdansk Airport Polish news at Gdansk airport & business men gathered round to count and count and count and I exchange ZL for £ and stuff it all into an… Read more.

our pores have opened too soon the spamof an openblousewe sitin Neroafter the meatfeast skimmedbreasts in a soy cupyou taste like Christmaslines are x-ingsthis is not a singingpostcard the peasantshave… Read more.

. . . borders and margins . . . danish and hebrew and arabic and english . . . intelligence never tasted so fine . . . gatherer of detritus… Read more.

tireless prankster . . .. the twin zodiac of the moustache king of all kings harry godwin . . . partner in crimes and minor misdeamings . . . .… Read more.

fantastic presence . . . . and . . .. and well . . . . i dunno . . . . but great great presence as a performer and… Read more.

textures and layers and turtles on the back of universes . . . . Nat Raha Read more.

absolutely excellent performer and photographer and . . . well . . . feckin great work . . . loved all of it . . . and the interview .… Read more.

Welch poet and fab reader of slippery lines and images . . . not dreary old english lyrics . . . Owain Lee Read more.

and recently returning from a trip to Wroclaw . . . . with a bit of the plague . . but still kickin strong . . . Ms. Frances Kruk… Read more.

and introducing edmund hardy with his sweet shoulder get up . . . . crumpled and fed and jumping . . . . fences . . . . Read more.

The one and only Mr. Harry Godwin (need I say more)!!!! Read more.

a cactus king blowingraspberries in this makebelieve you hardlyknow in the cardboardsundown I’ve yetto find the dignityof a proper forkit is not truethat we are bunniesit is not trueit is… Read more.

la da da dathe black cat in gold bootshas already goneplease please thisis the sermon of a crabla da da da Read more.

An excellent overview of innovative/avant garde poetics in the 21st century and its relationship to the marketplace/publishing . . . . check it: Any De’Ath and poetry publishing Read more.

Fantastic!!! Check it out: Past Simple 7 Read more.

On Your Way to Luxurious Grass When I follow you into the cheap city withyour legs wet wrappedup in a skirt with scorched & stretched thighs we are following our… Read more.

A House is not a Home my house is the fireman’s dream, a bloodbomb, boob errors, booby tubes, yep, my house is a spiral, a throat captain (ahoy!), twitching brows… Read more.

Elblag . . . Katowice . . . Elblag the toilet is full of shit with a footpump to drizzle out the water if we fall into the fizz I… Read more.

the sound at a distance no shall I not, no shall I notimplore meno shall I not, no shall I notrestore me the gulag gaggles &hacks, the gulagis a Dronephone… Read more.

Alstom Turbine Factory(Elblag, Poland 19th November 2009) these corners have straightenedmy hands the endeavor of rutsmasculine & marvelous I trueit is I baited into the poeminto a birdless placea massive… Read more.

There is a special insomnia in this hall of lizards—————————–I’ve allocateda minddump on these two tonic bones—————————when my head fallsoff someone else’swill turn—————————perhaps this will leadto some small discovery—————————I love… Read more.

we don’t know where we stand or who we stand withor what stands with usor who can stand usor what we can stand the cat rolls its tongue &telegrams shake… Read more.

Unheimlichkeit ( the breaking of ground) a boy a boy came to me with wads of paper from the Lamma welfare shelter I greased the pirateswhat clutches yr dairy air?my… Read more.

Self Portrait the devils in the detailsyou grow your blond hairs you shave your blond hairsmy left armis from Ionamy left arm is fromthe lowerworldcome out comeout oh mermaidsthe hornetnest… Read more.

Trendy Club (Elblag, Poland) I’m not your stoic mistressI’m the oops in yon skirta sheet of metal throwsback the sparksthat light a cigarettewe’re hidden in itchydreams a creamytouch this stranger… Read more.

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Some new poems from the London section of Alien Memory Machine just published at the Argotist Online. Great magazine. Check it out: Argotist Online Read more.

Garbary 11 (Elblag, Poland 28th August 2009) the tactileis whippedinto the othereye and I’m a bunk bunkingon tip toesjeeperscreepersin this patchof northern Polandred starsdot the graveyard and if everybody knew… Read more.

Some good work in English translation forthcoming in the new journal Cleaves. Check out her blog: Louise Rosengreen Read more.

check it: Projekt 1 Read more.

Unheimlichkeit ( the breaking of ground) it takes four horses to overcome 14 pounds of limp flesh & what is crossed is found again in modern Utah a cowboy came… Read more.

London poet, writer, and all around great gal . . . check out some sample chapters from her new novel here: Ellipsis Blog Read more.

super super . . . . the one and only Amy De’Ath has a poetics blog . . . . check it: Amy De’Ath Read more.

Putting together a few Polish poets for the Polish section: CLEAVES Read more.

La Playaseca Read more.

such a variety of houses and fortresses which fish make from their own liquor & saliva these details take precedence over a panorama ————————————————————-four horses toovercome 14 pounds of limp… Read more.